Waltz Time is a 1945 British musical film directed by Paul L. Stein and starring Carol Raye, Peter Graves and Patricia Medina.[1]
| Waltz Time | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Paul L. Stein |
| Written by | Henry C. James Karl Rossier Montgomery Tully Jack Whittingham |
| Produced by | Louis H. Jackson |
| Starring | Carol Raye Peter Graves Patricia Medina |
| Cinematography | Ernest Palmer |
| Edited by | Douglas Myers |
| Music by | Hans May |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Anglo-American Film Corporation |
Release date | 13 August 1945 |
Running time | 98 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Premise
In Imperial Vienna a young Grand Duchess is prevented from marrying the man she loves.
Partial cast
- Carol Raye as Empress Maria
- Peter Graves as Count Franz von Hofer
- Patricia Medina as Cenci Prohaska
- John Ruddock as Count Prohaska
- Harry Welchman as Count Rodzanka
- Thorley Walters as Stefan Ravenne
- George Robey as Vogel
- Wylie Watson as Josef
- Richard Tauber as Shepherd
- Toni Edgar-Bruce as Augustine
- Hay Petrie as Minister of War
- Hugh Dempster as Ferdinand Hohenlohe
- Brefni O'Rorke as Emperor
- Ivan Samson as Gendarmes Captain
- Kay Kendall as Lady in Waiting
Reception
According to Kinematograph Weekly the film performed well at the British box office in 1945.[2] The 'biggest winner' at the box office in 1945 Britain was The Seventh Veil, with "runners up" being (in release order), Madonna of the Seven Moons, Old Acquaintance, Frenchman's Creek, Mrs Parkington, Arsenic and Old Lace, Meet Me in St Louis, A Song to Remember, Since You Went Away, Here Come the Waves, Tonight and Every Night, Hollywood Canteen, They Were Sisters, The Princess and the Pirate, The Adventures of Susan, National Velvet, Mrs Skefflington, I Live in Grosvenor Square, Nob Hill, Perfect Strangers, Valley of Decision, Conflict and Duffy's Tavern. British "runners up" were They Were Sisters, I Live in Grosvenor Square, Perfect Strangers, Madonna of the Seven Moons, Waterloo Road, Blithe Spirit, The Way to the Stars, I'll Be Your Sweetheart, Dead of Night, Waltz Time and Henry V.[3]
References
- ^ "BFI | Film & TV Database | WALTZ TIME (1945)". Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk. 16 April 2009. Archived from the original on 13 January 2009. Retrieved 13 March 2012.
- ^ Robert Murphy, Realism and Tinsel: Cinema and Society in Britain 1939-48 2003 p 208
- ^ Lant, Antonia (1991). Blackout : reinventing women for wartime British cinema. Princeton University Press. p. 232.
External links
- Waltz Time at IMDb
- Review of film at Variety
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